ResearchRN

ResearchRN

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  1. nursing nutrional scope of practice

    ResearchRN replied to mreshu's topic in General Nursing

    Check out https://www.nutritioncare.org/nbnsc/. This organization certifies healthcare providers in enteral and parenteral nutrition. I worked at a hospital in Philadelphia where doctors would order...

  2. Is there a nurse on the plane?

    ResearchRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Just a bit of nursing and flight history trivia... Originally, young boys were hired to serve food, beverages, and comfort the passengers when they became airsick. Soon, however, it was suggested by...

  3. teaching phlebotomy class

    ResearchRN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.phlebotomy.com/

  4. Cheap on-line Masters programs

    ResearchRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Try Aspen University.

  5. Is there a difference between East and West Coast nurses?

    ResearchRN replied to Hawaiian's topic in General Nursing

    Back in the 90's when I was a bedside nurse I worked on both the east and west coasts. I did not find any difference in nurses or nursing

  6. Need advise on how much to charge

    ResearchRN replied to NodaMegumi's topic in General Nursing

    You are doing the work of a medical writer. The average annual salary of a medical writer is $50 - 60,000 per year or about

  7. Clinical Research in Nursing

    ResearchRN replied to gsr1306's topic in General Nursing

    Monster is still the best site but CenterWatch is a research specific website with job postings.

  8. "Angels of Death"

    ResearchRN replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    We used to joke about patients being candidates for "pillow

  9. "Doctor" Nurse

    ResearchRN replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

    "He tends to like to play with the medicines. If it is working, he will change it. Worse, he likes to decrease the hospice patients pain meds. DECREASE!!! " If he is really adjusting medications...

  10. Is anyone working as a research nurse?? I am seeing

    ResearchRN replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    The ads you are seeing are probably for clinical research coordinator (CRC) positions. CRCs are generally responsible for coordinating all of the activities related to one or more studies of...

  11. Nurses crossing picket lines??

    ResearchRN replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    It seems to me that "scab" is a derogatory term directed at specific individuals. I doubt that this site would tolerate the use of other derogatory terms related to race, religion, sexual orientation...

  12. Nursing Theory

    ResearchRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    The students are gonna love this. I saw a response from someone here stating something to the effect of not having any idea what theory of nursing her school espoused. This got me going. Nursing...

  13. Nursing Theory

    ResearchRN replied to ResearchRN's topic in General Nursing

    The students are gonna love this. I saw a response from someone here stating something to the effect of not having any idea what theory of nursing her school espoused. This got me going. Nursing...

  14. Graduate Nurses vs. Experienced Nurses

    ResearchRN replied to newgrad2004's topic in General Nursing

    as an "EN" I found it

  15. Graduate Nurses vs. Experienced Nurses

    ResearchRN replied to newgrad2004's topic in General Nursing

    as an "EN" I found it

  16. Any Success with Dr. Budwig tx for cancer

    ResearchRN replied to wenron's topic in General Nursing

    If you do a Medline search for the journal citation "Journal American College Nutrition December 2002;21(6):495-505" you get the following. Doesn't sound like the same article to me. Omega-3 fatty...

  17. Help!!! What's a Healthcare Practitioner Certification.

    ResearchRN replied to Nuru99's topic in General Nursing

    I checked out the website: http://www.rluniversity.com/default.asp Sounds too good to be true to me, but you never

  18. Assignment on Drug Classification

    ResearchRN replied to Shelley03's topic in General Nursing

    It's a typo. antipsoriatic is correct. as is psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis,

  19. What's important in pathphys??

    ResearchRN replied to mingus's topic in General Nursing

    You need to know it all. That's why they make you take

  20. have you ever noticed

    ResearchRN replied to nursepenny's topic in General Nursing

    Positioning definitely effects blood pressure. If in bed a patient should not be lying on either the right or left side, but should be lying on their back when taking a

  21. Nursing without the "yukkies".

    ResearchRN replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    Off the top of my head, I can't think of any area of nursing with patient contact that isn't exposed to some degree of "grossness". I doubt that PA's can avoid it as well. Perhaps healthcare is not...

  22. Nurses in Other Professions

    ResearchRN replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    I left bedside nursing after 1 year for a research job and over the next several years moved around the country. As I moved, I took short-term or travel nursing positions, never more than 3 months at...

  23. T-tube flush

    ResearchRN replied to blondie's topic in General Nursing

    We always flush bile drainage tubes. We attach the tube to the drainage bag with a stopcock and usually flush 5cc towards the patient and 5cc towards the bag. If I had to guess I would say that...

  24. What pension/medical retirement benefits to you get?

    ResearchRN replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds pretty typical to me. I've never seen any company match more than 6% on a 401(k) or a 403(b). Have also never heard of health benefits after retirement except in civil service jobs. Our union...

  25. What pension/medical retirement benefits to you get?

    ResearchRN replied to lee1's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds pretty typical to me. I've never seen any company match more than 6% on a 401(k) or a 403(b). Have also never heard of health benefits after retirement except in civil service jobs. Our union...